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XM Satellite Radio XHD2H1 manual

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    XM Dir ect Home T uner Us er Guide[...]

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    3 T able of C ont ents I n t r o d u c t i o n .................................................... 5 F e a t u r e s .................................................................... 6 S a f e t y a n d C a r e I n f o r m a t i o n .................................................. 7 W h a t ’ s i n t h e B o x ? ............................[...]

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    4[...]

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    5 Intr oduction[...]

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    6 Intr oduction F eatur es Congr atulations on your purchas e of the XM Dir ect Home T uner! Y our new XM Dir ect Home T uner lets y ou enjoy XM Satellit e Radio on any XM-R eady home audio sys tem. Simply c onnect the XM Direct Home T uner to the XM jack on y our home audio sys tem, place and aim the ant enna for optimum rec eption, and y ou’r e[...]

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    7 Saf ety and C are In formation IMPORT ANT! Alway s read and underst and all the instructions to avoid injury to y ours elf and/ or damage to y our device. SIRIUS XM R adio Inc. disclaims all re sponsibility f or damage from data loss due t o bre akdo wn, repair , or other causes . • Do not expo se t o extr eme temper atur es ( above 140˚F or b[...]

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    8 Intr oduction What’ s in the Box ? TIP! Use the remo te c ontrol included with y our home audio syst em to navigate through the functions o f your ne w XM Direct Home T uner . Home Clamshell Antenna XM Dir ect Home T uner[...]

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    9 XM Direct Home T uner ANT (Silver) Connection for the Home Indoor/Outdoor Clamshell Antenna XM-Ready connector for home audio systems equipped with XM Direct feature.[...]

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    11 Home Inst allation[...]

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    12 Ther e ar e tw o parts to s etting up y our Home Kit. First, c onnecting the XM Direct Home T uner to your home audio s yst em, then placing and aiming the Home Antenna. L et’ s start with se tting up the XM Dir ect Home T uner set up. St ep 1: Connect the XM Direct Home T uner When inst alling the XM Direct Home T uner in your home, choo se a[...]

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    13 Connect the Indoor / Outdoor Ant enna Once y ou have select ed a location, c onnect the antenna t o the ANT IN connect or at the re ar of the XM Dir ect Home T uner . (Aft er completing a f ew additional step s, w e will work on the loc ation of the ant enna.) Selecting your XM-R eady home audio sy st em’ s XM input T urn on your XM-R eady hom[...]

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    14 St ep 2: Install the Indoor / Outdoor Ant enna T o begin, try experimenting with the Home Antenna t o get a feel for the r eception in your loc ation. Move the antenna ar ound the room or fr om room t o room. Aim it from dif fer ent windows . In major metr opolitan ar eas, y ou might find that you get gr eat r eception in se ver al locations wit[...]

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    15 ea st is t o yo ur le ft an d y ou’ ll be f ac ing sou th. I s th er e a win do w i n t he di r ect io n y ou’ re f aci ng ? Mo ve th e ant enn a cl os er t o th e w in do w . TIP! Still not sur e which w ay is south or wher e to place your Home Antenna ? Look up y our location on an online mapping W eb site that off ers satellit e view s of[...]

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    16 pro vide the antenna with a clear view o f the southern sk y . If none of the pr evious s olutions work for y ou, then the BEST r eception can be achiev ed by moun ting the antenna outdoor s, with a clear view of the southern sk y . Note that y ou will want t o consider an y potential haz ards when you choo se the mounting location, and po ssibl[...]

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    17 Once y ou have found a suit able location f or the antenna, r oute the antenna c able to the XM Direct Home T uner . Be sure y ou avoid any obs tructions that could crimp , kink, or twist the c able. Use pr otectiv e grommets where ver rough openings ar e encounter ed. If the antenna is ins talled out doors, rout e the cable fr om the antenna lo[...]

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    18 until the highest po ssible signal str ength is achieved. If y ou hav e not w all- mounted the ant enna, turn the antenna slightly t o the right or left and observ e if the signal str ength incre ases . F or each tweak, allo w a few sec onds in each position to de termine if the signal s trength incr eases. If the signal rec eption is good, but [...]

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    19 St ep 3: Activ ate your XM Dir ect Home T uner Before you can enjoy commercial-free music, plus live sports, news, talk & exclusive entertainment, you need to activate your XM Direct Home Tuner. 1 Make sure your XM Direct Home Tuner is properly installed, turned on, and receiving the XM signal so that you can hear the audio on channel 1 . 2 [...]

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    20 4 When your service is activated, your XM Direct Home Tuner will receive all channels to which you have subscribed. At this time, if you press the channel up or channel down buttons on your home audio system, you can scroll and tune other channels. Activation usually takes 10 to 15 minutes, but may take up to an hour. We recommend that your home[...]

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    21 T rouble shooting[...]

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    22 Y our XM Direct Home T uner has been designed and built to be tr ouble-free , but if you e xperience a problem, try this: • Check that all connections ar e firm and secur e. • Make sur e you hav e connect ed the XM Direct Home T uner as described in this User Guide . • Check the home audio sy st em’ s fron t panel display or c onnected T[...]

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    23 T roubleshoo ting If you see this on the s creen: T r y this: Check XM T uner • Conf irm the XM Direct Home T uner cable is fully connect ed to the home audio s yst em. Channel Unauthorized • Y ou selected a channel that is block ed or cannot be rec eived with y our XM subscription p ackage . • Consult the lat est channel guide at www . xm[...]

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    24 If this happens: Y ou do not rec eive all the channels to which y ou subscribed • If you ha ve not y et activated y our service, r efer to the A ctivation s ection in the User Guide which accomp anied your r adio. No audio • Check all cables bet ween y our tuner and your home audio sy st em for a firm and sec ure connection. • Ensure y ou [...]

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    25 Pr oduct Specifications[...]

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    26 Product Specif ications Connect or T ype Male (XM Dir ect) Cable length 3.3 fee t (1 meter ) Dimensions 8 5 mm ( W) X 52 mm (H ) X 17 .4 5 m m ( D ) 3.3 5 in (W) X 2.05 in (H) X 0 .69 in (D ) W eight 2.0 o z (56 g) Po wer r equirement s 5V DC, 0.3A (Max) supplied by XM-R eady home audio sy stem Operating T emperatur e -4° F t o +140° F (- 20°[...]

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    27 P at en t and E n vi ro nme nt al In f orm ati on P atent In f ormation It is prohibit ed to, and y ou agree that you will not , cop y , decompile, disassemble , rev erse engineer , hack, manipulate, or otherwis e acc ess and/ or make a v ailable any t echnology incorpor ated in this pr oduct. The music, t alk, new s, ent ertainment, dat a, and [...]

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    28 The user is c autioned that changes or modifications no t expr essly approv ed by SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. c an void the user’ s authority to oper ate this devic e. This de vice complie s with P art 15 of the F CC Rule s. Oper ation is subject to the following t wo conditions: 1. This de vice may not c ause harmful interf erenc e. 2. This de vice [...]

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    29 Hardw are and subs cription sold sep ar ately . Activ ation fee , other fees, and tax es r equired. Ins tallation r equired with some equipment. Ex cept for the MiRGE r adio, and as specifically pr ovided, SIRIUS and XM Radio s and acc essorie s ar e compatible only with their r espective subscription s ervice . Subscrip tions gov erned by , as [...]

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    30 Indoor / Outdoor Ant enna T emplat e 1-3/8” 1-1/8”[...]

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    xmr adio. com SIRIUS XM R adio Inc. 1221 A venue of the Americ as New Y ork, NY 1002 0 1.800. 96 7 .2346 © 2010 SIRIUS XM R adio Inc. XM Direct Home T uner User Guide (XHD2KUG0809) 03 0710a[...]